You’ve probably heard of Abandoned even if you’re not aware of it. It’s a survival game with a first-person camera that most people now believe is a Silent Hill game. This article isn’t about that though. I fully accept the developer at face value and believe this is a completely unique and individual game in its own right. However, Sony is pouring a lot of time and money into it, which makes some think that there are some very high expectations for it. I say this, because the game is getting a tonne of pre-release content, something that you barely see these days. Interestingly, it does link to P.T., which was a playable teaser for Silent Hills, but again, we’re not getting into that right now.
As you can see, Abandoned is getting something called the Abandoned Trailers App on PS5 from July 29. This is almost certainly going to be an app on the PS5 that you can go into and watch trailers of the game through. What’s the point? I have no idea. I suspect that some hidden details are going to be present in these trailers, and it’s down to PS5 users to identify them. I have no doubt that the Silent Hill community at the very least will be dissecting them, so hopefully, we can all glean some details from them.
On August 10, the game is getting its first trailer. Given that a teaser is already out, this will probably be the first trailer to be added to this app. In a way, it might be a new type of marketing that Sony is trying out. It does seem a bit bonkers though, and very much like something that Hideo Kojima would do to promote his games. Sony is leaning on the fact that most people think Abandoned is a Silent Hill game now, and that’s why all this strange stuff is happening. While Sony supports all its developers, I can’t believe that it would go this far for an unknown game that might sell terribly over a game like Deathloop. We’ll just have to wait and see what comes of this app.
